Artificial fish bait



Oct., 30,1923. 1,472,638 R. F. DICKMAN I ARTIFICIAL FISH BAIT Filed Oct. 30, 1922 R.1Zw@zzm% v @nucntoz Fatented Oct. 30, 1923.

UNITED STATES PIA-TENT OFFICE.

I RICHARD 1*. Drama, or answer, mnnma.

ARTIFICIAL rrsn s'arr.

Application filed October 30, 1922. flerial No. 597,890.

' and more particularl to artificial bait.

The object of the invention is to provide a bait of this character which is equipped with a plurality of hooks extending in various directions from different sides, all of which are connected by a single piece of wire, the wire also providing attaching means for the line.

Another object is to so construct such a bait that the hooks are located and the bait so shaped that it will zig-zag from ei ht to ten tfeet in the water to imitate a craw sh or cra With the foregoing and other objects in view which will ap car as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com.- bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it, being understood that changes in the the invention herein isclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without de arting from the spirit of the invention.

11 the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section through t e bait constituting this 1nvention. v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

In the embodiment illustrated, the bait constitutin this invention includes a body 1 com use of wood or any suitable material and s aped asshownclearly in Fig. 1 in the form of a'compound curve, the head 2 extendin upwardly as shown in Fig. 1, while the tai 3 extends downwardly.-

The head 2 is equiped with imitation eyes 4 and a bore 5 is extended longitudinally through the body 1 terminating at its front end at the throat as shown at 6. This bore 5 extends from a point near the tail of the bait downwardly and forwardly through the bottom ortionv thereof as'shown at then upward y and forwardly through the top as pirecise embodiment of shown at 8 and then again downwardly and forwardly to the point 6.

A hoo connector 10 preferably 'in the form of a folded piece of copper wire is threaded through the bore 5 with an eye 9 extending throu h the rearend of the bore,- another eye 11 t rou h the-bottom opening 7,'a'nother eye 12 t rough the opening 8 and terminating at the ront where it extends through the bore in an eye 13.to which is designed to be connected thefishing line,

not shown.

Hooks 14 of any suitable or desired construction are engaged with the loops or eyes 9, 11 and 12 in any suitable manner, said hooks usually being provided at the ends of their shanks with eyes 15 through which the wire 10 is threaded.

By constructing the an. in the form.

shown and mountln the hooksin the man- 4 ner described, when it is drawn through the water it will follow a zig-zag or serpentine course imitating a crew fish or crab in its travel 4 through the water.

This bait may have the body 1 thereof decorated in any suitable or desired'manner.

to attract the fish.

I claim 1. A bait of. the class described comprising a body member having a bore extending longitudinally in a zig -zag direction therethrough with loops projecting at various points through the surface of the body and fishing hooks connected with said loops.

2. A bait of the class described having a body in the form of a compound curve with a bore extending longitudinally therethrough.in a zig-zag direction with one end as my own, I-have hereto afiixed my signa-.

.ture in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

M. C.,H1cvrm,-

Lmm B. Km'rz.

RICHARD- F. DICKMAN. Q 

